Syria should not belong to one family, to one coterie, or to one party. It belongs to all the people of Syria equally, in all their religious and ethnic diversity.

Governments that block the aspirations of their people, that steal or are corrupt, that oppress and torture or that deny freedom of expression and human rights should bear in mind that they will find it increasingly hard to escape the judgement of their own people, or where warranted, the reach of international law.

The Bill of Rights was intended to secure freedom of speech - the freedom of speech of members of parliament to speak freely rather than be at threat of... the threat of an over powerful monarch at the time.

Inspiring scenes of people taking the future of their countries into their own hands will ignite greater demands for good governance and political reform elsewhere in the world, including in Asia and in Africa.

The EU is not a country and it's not going to become a country, in my view, now or ever in the future. It is a group of countries working together.

Let's not be afraid to speak the common sense truth: you can't have high standards without good discipline.

I'm not, nor is anybody I know in government part of a nasty right wing clique.

I think Britain would be alright, if only we had a different Government.

It is the mission of the next Conservative Government to build the Responsible Society.

At a time of such hope and optimism in the Middle East, we cannot let the Libyan government violate every principle of international law and human rights with impunity.